Physical graffiti: Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, starring Emma Stone as a reanimated dead woman, is a ribald, expertly designed, steampunk vision of feminist wish fulfillment—but is it any more than that?
Worlds apart: the Japanese auteur discusses his Cannes Queer Palm–winner Monster, a clever, multiperspectival drama about the inner world of children that adults cannot—often to great detriment—access or comprehend
The ultimate viewing experience: author Stanley Schtinter and critic Erika Balsom join to discuss Schtinter’s new book (and accompanying film program) Last Movies
Seeing is believing: a clinical approach to sound and spacial construction in Jonathan Glazer’s new film, The Zone of Interest, opens up important questions about the ethical implications of aesthetics
Here and elsewhere: the philosopher-turned-filmmaker joins for a conversation about the making of his debut film, which explodes conventions of biography and nonfiction for a uniquely collective portrait of trans life
Big plans: the latest from Ridley Scott, trailblazing auteur–turned–late-career journeyman, is an epic biopic of the war-mongering emperor that turns out to be a bit weirder than it initially seems
Perchance to dream: a satire on celebrity and cancel culture, Kristoffer Borgli’s new Nicholas Cage–vehicle, Dream Scenario, treads the thin line between critique and caricature
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